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horde

noun as in uncontrolled throng, pack

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It’s sliding under some of the nearby tents, leaping over people with ease, and running from a horde of mongooses.

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In this stretch of dramatic desert flanked by the Atlas Mountains, men assemble stacks of speakers — a wall to keep a horde of Western invaders in.

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Legume hordes like clover pull nitrogen from the air, reducing the use of chemical fertilisers, and the milking parlour is 80-percent solar- and wind-powered.

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After he lost to Hichilema, he routinely jogged through the streets of Lusaka, trailed by hordes of supporters until the authorities banned his runs.

Paula Dewar and her family have, for years, covered their home and outside street with hordes of ghouls, ghosts and goblins.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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